Can Do Survey: Elementary 1 (1st Semester of Language Study
Please fill out the following survey. This survey is given at the end of every semester. It is important to answer the questions thoughtfully so that your responses will reflect the progression in your learning across the semester. The answers that you give on this survey will in no way effect your grade since you will get credit on completion alone. Please place an X in the box for your answers using the following scale: you completely agree with the statement, you mostly agree, you partially agree, you disagree and cannot do what the statements says, or this statement is not applicable to your course.

Inter!retive "ode# Listening
I can identify 'ords( !hrases( and e)!ressions related to familiar to!ics in video cli!s and songs or in other recorded materials * re!laying as needed+ I can understand and e)!lain short and sim!le conversations on familiar to!ics or 'hen I have !reviously seen or heard the content( !rovided that the s!ea,er s!ea,s slo'ly and clearly+ I can sometimes recogni-e common roots %et'een languages( !refi)es( suffi)es( and voca%ulary that hel! me understand conversations that I have not !re!ared+ I can understand .uestions and ans'ers a%out %asic needs and amenities+ I can translate information not normally understood 'hen the s!ea,er re!hrases( re!eats( or reframes the information+ I can classify and com!are 'ords in different disci!lines+ I have made !rogress in develo!ing my listening s,ills this semester+

/eading
I can recogni-e the sym%ols of an al!ha%etic and0or sylla%ic 'riting system and0or a limited num%er of characters in a system that uses characters+ I can locate familiar 'ords( !hrases and sim!le sentences in authentic 'ritten materials( e+g+ ads( directions( ne's!a!er headlines * re#reading as re.uired+ I can e)!lain short sim!le 'ritten directions and instructions * although I !refer to have my home'or, assignments translated 1ust in case+ I can recogni-e %asic .uestions on standardi-ed forms 'ell enough to give the most im!ortant information a%out myself+ I can read a short descri!tion of a !erson and reconstruct in my mind 'hat he or she is li,e+ I can deci!her online classified ads( e+g+ 1o%

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.ualifications( car sales( and a!artment rentals online using the voca%ulary I ,no'+ I can a!!raise information and order clothes (or furnishings from an online catalogue and 'ould not have to return the clothes %ecause they didn2t fit or a sofa 'as delivered 'hen I had ordered a chair+ I can read and recogni-e a num%er of food or !ersonal items on a sho!!ing list and locate on a ma! most of the stores 'here these items can %e found+ I have made !rogress in develo!ing my reading s,ills this semester+

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Interpersonal Communication – Person-to-Person

Not Applica ble

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Mostl y Agre e x

Complet ely Agree x

I can introduce myself( greet others( and ta,e leave in a culturally a!!ro!riate 'ay+ 3sing memori-ed e)!ressions( I can as, and ans'er sim!le .uestions on very familiar to!ics+ E+g+( home( family( activities( and !rofessions+ I can e)change !ersonal and !rofessional information such as address( tele!hone num%er( age( nationality( family( li,es( and disli,es+ I can as, and ans'er in sim!le terms .uestions a%out li,es and disli,es+ I can ma,e myself understood in sim!le terms and understand the other !erson if s0he is accustomed to non#native s!ea,ers and hel!s me along+ I can ma,e sim!le !urchases in a familiar conte)t+ I can deal 'ith num%ers( .uantities( cost( time( and dates in sim!le situations+ I can s!ell and count+ I can situate myself in time (using date and time I can discuss clothing and fashion+ I can tal, a%out my studies and school life+ I can as, for and give directions referring to a ma! or !lan in a familiar conte)t+ I can as, sim!le .uestions on familiar to!ics+ I have made !rogress in develo!ing my !erson# to#!erson( s!ea,ing s,ills this semester+

&resentational #S!ea,ing
I can read aloud an ad( sim!le !aragra!h( or letter and %e understood %y a native s!ea,er 'ho has a sym!athetic ear+ I ,no' ho' to 4loo,5 French so that I sound French+

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I can give !ersonal information (address( tele!hone num%er( nationality( age( family using 'ords or !hrases+ I can recall and ma,e lists on things on familiar to!ics and descri%e them in !hrases+ I can give a %asic descri!tion of myself( my family( and other !eo!le using sim!le sentences and !hrases+ I can give a %asic descri!tion of my activities and !ersonal e)!eriences using sim!le sentences and !hrases in the !resent and near future tenses+ I can descri%e my house and my room+ I can descri%e sim!le( familiar o%1ects+ I have made !rogress in develo!ing my oral !resentational s,ills this semester+

6ritten
I can fill in standardi-ed forms on !a!er or on the 6e% 'ith my !ersonal details+ I can 'rite lists( short messages( !ostcards( and sim!le notes %ased on familiar materials and give sim!le descri!tions of the items+ I can 'rite sim!le descri!tions using a variety of nouns( ad1ectives( and articles+ I can 'rite a%out myself in the !resent and near future tenses using learned !hrases and memori-ed e)!ressions+ I can 'rite a !aragra!h consisting of a series of sim!le sentences on a to!ic 'ith 'hich I am familiar+ I have made !rogress in my 'riting s,ills this semester+

Intercultural
I have develo!ed an understanding of the French !ers!ective on the educational system+ I have develo!ed an understanding of stereoty!es of French and $merican !eo!le+ I have develo!ed an understanding of the French !ers!ective on non#ver%al communication+ I have develo!ed an understanding of the French !ers!ective on diversity and intercultural communication+ I have develo!ed an understanding of the French !ers!ective on family life+ I have develo!ed and understanding of the French !ers!ective on fashion and clothing+ I have develo!ed a %etter understanding of $merican culture+ I have made !rogress in understanding the